Author: Matt Peterson

As TV continues to decline due to more and more people opting for online streaming, live TV has slowly begun to creep back into primetime. This has been done with varying success, but as of yet has done very well in terms of ratings. The...

This is the fourth in a series of blogs about the art of montage. Check out the previous blogs on Battleship Potemkin, The Godfather, and Citizen Kane.
When people think of montage, they usually think of a live-action film. While many beautiful montages do occur in live-action films, animated...

This is the third blog in a series of blogs about the art of montage. Check out the previous blogs on Battleship Potemkin and The Godfather.
To many, Citizen Kane is the greatest movie ever made. The film’s use of non-linear storytelling (for which it won...

This is the second in a series of blogs about the art of montage in cinema. In my first blog, I talked about the cinematic origin of the montage in Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin.
When discussing the art of montage and the greatest montages in cinema...

Montage — Many films probably come to mind when thinking of that word. Montage is a popular artistic choice in movies and television. It enables the filmmaker to emote a feeling while using minimal to no dialogue. For those who may not know what a...

Most of the time, when a series is cancelled, that's the end of it. There are, of course, some exceptions. Some shows are continued as graphic novels (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Smallville), some shows get brought back by the network after cancellation (Chuck, Family Guy,...

For '90s babies such as myself, the letters TGIF are magical. That didn't just mean that it was Friday, it meant that that night was going to be a funny one. TGIF was ABC's legendary Friday night comedy lineup. Beginning (officially) in 1988, ABC kicked...

2015 was a record-breaking year in cinema. The American box office made over $11 billion — the highest ever for a single year, but that was last year. Everyone is wondering how 2016 is going to top 2015. Let's take a look at the upcoming...

Comedy is a staple of television and has been for nearly 70 years. In fact, 27 seasons out of the 63 measured by the Nielsen ratings, dating all the way back to 1950, have seen a comedy or comedy/variety show at #1 at the end...

American television hasn’t changed much in 60 years. Sure, some things are different, but everything is mostly the same as it’s always been. Seasons begin in late September and usually run through late May. Most seasons have around 20 - 24 episodes. In recent years,...